Posted on July 31st, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
Hello again, y’all! Welcome to our recurring feature, in which we discuss fun ways you can spend your time without playing computer games. Today we’re going to learn how to send a mind-buggeringly offensive email from your work address, thereby throwing your career in jeopardy and scarring one poor admin assistant for life.
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
Game Over.
A guy animates classic arcade games using household items. The inventiveness here is amazing.
Dude can’t play for shit though.
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
Yes, the rumours are true. At E3, Sierra finally announced the long-awaited sitcom / sci fi action blaster, Simpsons Versus Predator.
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
It is 1 AM. The room is lit only by the flickering lights issuing from the monitor in the corner. Menacing shadows spring from the banisters of the stairs, looming and dying in the space of a gunshot. The house is asleep, except for one sallow-cheeked yet incredibly attractive man, hunched at the computer and [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
If you do not master your boredom… your boredom will master you.
And also you’ll be really bored.
Hello, and welcome to the July progress report.
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Posted on July 10th, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
Recently I posted a rebuttal to this list of signs that you’re addicted to Diablo 2. The list, while a good effort, was complete unmitigated horseshit, mainly because the people who wrote it were simply making stuff up. For example, most of the contributors have never been president of America, and I am insulted that [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
When my mum and dad bought me a Commodore Amiga, it was one of the happiest days of my life.
My parents were art teachers and were not rich; thinking back, they must have spent a fortune on that computer. I’m sure I was incredibly grateful, but I expressed that gratitude by disappearing into my bedroom [...]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by The Silly Addiction
I’ve always had a special fondness in my heart for games that can be abused; games that allow you to do things you’re really not supposed to do, and get away with it.
Anyone who has tortured a Sim until he expired in a pile of his own shame will understand what I mean. In this [...]
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